Unilateral puncture vertebroplasty in treatment of spinal compression fracture

Abstract

Objective To study the clinical effect of unilateral puncture vertebroplasty in the treatment of spinal compression fractures. Methods Sixty-four patients with spinal compression fractures treated at our hospital from May, 2015 to May, 2017 were enrolled and randomly divided into a reference group and a exoerimental group, 32 for each group. The reference group were treated with traditional open surgery and the experimental group unilateral puncture vertebroplasty. The clinical treatment effects were compared between these two groups. Results The incidence of complications was 0.0%, the time for off-bed activity (3.21 ± 0.21) d, the intraoperative bleeding volume (65.54 ± 5.54) ml, the hospitalization time (7.21 ± 0.69) d, and the postoperative daily life ability score (92.36 ± 4.35) in the experimental group, and which were 18.75%, (10.54 ± 0.42) d, (135.54 ± 6.54) ml, (15.69 ± 0.71) d, and (78.65 ± 6.98) in the reference group, with statistical differences (P <0.05). Conclusion Unilateral puncture vertebroplasty in the treatment of spinal compression fractures is effective and can improve the patients’ quality of life, so it is worth being generalized. Key words: Unilateral puncture vertebroplasty; Spinal compression fractures; Effect